Example sentences of "seem to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
| 2 | It seemed to me a duty to pay homage to those Jews who , in desperate conditions , had found the courage and the skill to resist . |
| 3 | My war seemed to be over . |
| 4 | A S. I remember when I was working as a dogsbody in the 59 Theatre Company in Manchester a group of Central School students came to be the spirits in a production of The Tempest and these were Pisk trained and had , it seemed to me then , a marvellous range of body language . |
| 5 | But more likely is the possibility that it will continue to respond to events , in the way it has done in the past — and there is no guarantee that the evolution Cox envisages will be any more natural than the modernization of Iran seemed to be in the 1970s . |
| 6 | There seemed to be the fairly uncomplicated desire among the community to see all the children attend the same school , as an expression of relationships existing within the community . |
| 7 | As always , he seemed to be apologizing for everything he said or did . |
| 8 | At first Sergeant Bramble thought it was one of the latest Atco motor-mowers but it seemed to be coming from above them . |
| 9 | She gave him a little push and , in a daze , he followed Dorothy and one or two of the others up the stairs to the room that had been and still seemed to be Bunty 's . |
| 10 | They seemed to be arguing . |
| 11 | There seemed to be people about , but I was n't sure . |
| 12 | Everyone we passed seemed to be staring at me . |
| 13 | In comparison with London , everything seemed to be in miniature . |
| 14 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 15 | There seemed to be no real point in arguing with her . |
| 16 | Up on Tottenham Court Road there were all the gadget shops , all displaying their various ranges of radios , record players , compact-disc players and videos — all of which seemed to be housed in bewilderingly similar sleek black boxes . |
| 17 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 18 | I was indeed rather dubious about the whole idea , but we had n't been getting very far and there seemed to be no harm in just finding out some more about it . |
| 19 | In 1985 , Cressida Dick , a probationary constable , wrote a prize-winning essay which clearly showed an awareness of this politicization , and asked the sort of questions which few senior officers seemed to be thinking or voicing . |
| 20 | This year seemed to be full of them . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know about anyone else , ’ said Jay , in the eerily calm eye of the storm , ‘ but you seemed to want me , seemed to be holding back from me and I do n't know why . |
| 22 | I mean , she seemed to be having a good time . |
| 23 | Anderson seemed to be the only person at home ; he sold them jugs of ale , small beer for the children ; James 's credit was good for a stone jar of whisky and one of the Duke 's men was detailed to carry it on his back in a wicker frame . |
| 24 | She looked at the second photo : the person in this one seemed to be dead too . |
| 25 | I found myself lying to her , although my lies seemed to me to represent the truth as soon as I was out of Aisha 's house . |
| 26 | The Edinburgh student appeared too consistent and resilient for Miss Topper who seemed to be struggling with the slippery court , and she triumphed 3–6 6–1 6–3 an impressive achievement for a No. 7 seed . |
| 27 | The Commissioner states in his report : ‘ Because it seemed to me that the Minister 's letter implied that the NHS had an absolute duty to provide care for the complainant 's father once it became clear that he could no longer meet the nursing home fees , I asked the DoH for clarification of the legal position and invited their general views . ’ |
| 28 | The announcement in April 1981 that SLOA had bought a rake of eight Pullman cars , mounted on 100mph Commonwealth bogies and fitted with dual steam/electric heating , seemed to be the answer to a prayer . |
| 29 | As for embellishments , the people organising naming ceremonies seemed to be outnumbered by other policymakers whose desire was to see them progressively removed . |
| 30 | This was no more evident than on the Isle of Wight at the end of 1989 , which seemed to be going backwards despite getting new stock . |